[debbugs-tracker] bug#20451: closed (25.0.50; [PATCH] Add prefix argument to `pwd')

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: 25.0.50; [PATCH] Add prefix argument to `pwd' Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 21:50:36 +0200

I often find myself doing `C-u M-x pwd RET', hoping that the current

default directory will be inserted at point, but it doesn't. `pwd'

doesn't currently act on a prefix argument, so why not let it do this?

This matches how `shell-command', and newly also `quick-calc', treat

prefix arguments.

From 56c93aa20b19bebb5cb1afcf3894911355d23e30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: =?UTF-8?q?Simen=20Heggest=C3=B8yl?= <address@hidden>

Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 21:25:20 +0200

Subject: [PATCH] * lisp/files.el (pwd):

When called with a prefix argument, insert the current default

directory at point.

---

 etc/NEWS      |  3 +++

 lisp/files.el | 12 ++++++++----

 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS

index 5046d30..7497652 100644

--- a/etc/NEWS

+++ b/etc/NEWS

@@ -817,6 +817,9 @@ name.  The variable `system-name' is now obsolete.

 +++

 ** Function `write-region' no longer outputs "Wrote FILE" in batch mode.

 

+** If `pwd' is called with a prefix argument, insert the current default

+directory at point.

+

 ---

 ** New utilities in subr-x.el:

 *** New macros `if-let' and `when-let' allow defining bindings and to

diff --git a/lisp/files.el b/lisp/files.el

index 045eeaf..ef6ac7b 100644

--- a/lisp/files.el

+++ b/lisp/files.el

@@ -654,10 +654,14 @@ the value of `default-directory'."

   'file-directory-p))

 

 

-(defun pwd ()

-  "Show the current default directory."

-  (interactive nil)

-  (message "Directory %s" default-directory))

+(defun pwd (&optional insert)

+  "Show the current default directory.

+With prefix argument INSERT, insert the current default directory

+at point instead."

+  (interactive "P")

+  (if insert

+      (insert default-directory)

+    (message "Directory %s" default-directory)))

 

 (defvar cd-path nil

   "Value of the CDPATH environment variable, as a list.

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2.1.4

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Re: bug#20451: 25.0.50; [PATCH] Add prefix argument to `pwd' Date: Fri, 01 May 2015 23:28:05 +0200 On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 12:37 AM, Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote:

Looks OK, thank you,

Thanks, landed.

-- Simen

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